Collateral Murder - Wikileaks - Iraq
Why Wikileaks is important, and Stephen Conroy isn't.
Tell a friend. (3:00 onwards if ur a lazy viewer)
Disaster: Danger of my working holiday as a truckie
Nat's CNFC Video Diary #3 - The Farm
Nat's CNFC Video Diary #3 - The Farm
Jason might be back, but I'm away this week to help dad harvest wheat. All is not going well... Also, this video shows how to install broadband in a truck.
Nat's CNFC Video Diary #2 - Visit Jesse & worried about Jason.
Central North Fitness Challenge diary. (camera phone today, sorry). I visited Jesse Lee to see why she missed a training day and it turned out she was flat out just being a mum - so we decided to do some extra walking in our spare time. Also, Jason, my trainer has had to take some time off because of the stress of getting the challenge off the ground. We haven't been able to contact him for a week now, and I'm starting to get worried.
Central North Fitness Challenge 09/10 Underway
The Central North Fitness Challenge, based on Sportsweb and Now FM's Fat Camp 08/09 has begun in Moree, NSW. This 12 week health & fitness program aims to transform 8 people's lives, making them fitter, faster and stronger. To give you a taste of things to come, we've dug up unseen footage from old Fat Camp, back when Nat lost big kg's for Subway. Please enjoy Nat's Time at Fat Camp Part 1:
CNFC updates can be found in the Moree Champion newspaper. Remember you can leave comments and other feedback here.
Censorship the real sleeper in the government's $43bn NBN chaos
- From: The Australian
- October 25, 2010
Responding to calls, particularly from The Australian, for more financial accountability from what is the biggest and most expensive infrastructure project in the country's history, Communications Minister Stephen Conroy has attacked suggestions that consumers may have to pay thousands of dollars to have their homes rewired to gain maximum advantage from NBN's high-speed fibre cable.
Neither Conroy nor the head of the government-owned NBN Co, Mike Quigley, who has also pooh-poohed these claims, will say what the extent and cost of rewiring will be. But this debate over cost is masking the sleeper in this project: the degree of control this government-owned monopoly will be able to exercise on the flow of information into the homes of all Australians.
After all, if things go according to plan, NBN Co will be Australia's communications gatekeeper, owned and driven by a government that favours internet censorship.
The consequences of this in a democracy raise potentially disturbing issues affecting the free flow of information that go well beyond dollars and cents. In effect, the NBN rollout gives the government the ability to determine what content is suitable for delivery into the home -- a situation not dissimilar from that which operates in China.
In the face of mounting hostility [read on after the jump: The Australian]
What can I do? Contact Senator Conroy here, and announce your intention to campaign against him next election.
U seen JoJo on YouTube yet?
You've probably heard Danny Disk Jockey at some point, he's every jock who tries too hard when "putting the wattage in the cottage" or "playing the phrase that pays".
I think many of the try-hard presenters (myself included) are suffering a cultural hangover from the Early days. Example: D'Robb puts "the power in the tower." To be fair, Robb has more talent than I could hope to expunge from a full family reunion, but his style simply wouldn't work today.
There is one early FM maverick from this period who get's the balance right, and can (in my opinion) show some way forward for Top 40 radio, despite being long out of date. The following video came my way via the loosely affiliated facebook jock's network. May I introduce: JoJo Kincaid. Music structural knowledge for the win! Just nutty. It's certainly inspired me to try to work within the music rather than between or on-top of it. Just to clarify, this would never work today, but of the period DJ's I've seen, JoJo does it best.
I asked him about the video, he said he'd forgotten it was ever filmed until a YouTube resurgence this year. The format was called 'Flame Thrower', and introduced Top 40 to 'Q' FM stations in US coastal cities in the 1980's. These days, you'll find him on Q105 Tampa Bay, FL. "I look forward to every airshift with a sense of recreation instead of occupation." he said.
Here are some more American airchecks I enjoyed:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-DYaOBq_40
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tWPgI25aFHU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEajwfV-3SA
I think many of the try-hard presenters (myself included) are suffering a cultural hangover from the Early days. Example: D'Robb puts "the power in the tower." To be fair, Robb has more talent than I could hope to expunge from a full family reunion, but his style simply wouldn't work today.
There is one early FM maverick from this period who get's the balance right, and can (in my opinion) show some way forward for Top 40 radio, despite being long out of date. The following video came my way via the loosely affiliated facebook jock's network. May I introduce: JoJo Kincaid. Music structural knowledge for the win! Just nutty. It's certainly inspired me to try to work within the music rather than between or on-top of it. Just to clarify, this would never work today, but of the period DJ's I've seen, JoJo does it best.
I asked him about the video, he said he'd forgotten it was ever filmed until a YouTube resurgence this year. The format was called 'Flame Thrower', and introduced Top 40 to 'Q' FM stations in US coastal cities in the 1980's. These days, you'll find him on Q105 Tampa Bay, FL. "I look forward to every airshift with a sense of recreation instead of occupation." he said.
Here are some more American airchecks I enjoyed:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-DYaOBq_40
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tWPgI25aFHU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEajwfV-3SA
Top 5 Creepiest Moments in Children’s Television
Remember watching Rainbow as a kid? Of course you don’t, it was a spoof.
Truth is, real children’s television is stranger than comedic fiction, and these ones are bone fide TV disasters of the creepiest kind.
The Top 5 Creepiest Moments in Children’s Television
5) Slim Goodbody
Creepymeter: 2.5 / 5
4) Somewhat disturbing Kinder Surprise advert from the 80s.
Creepymeter: 3 / 5
3) The Wiggles DVD special: Marionettes
Creepymeter: 3.5 / 5
2) Yogie Okay-Dokay (Yoga farm guy)
Creepymeter: 4 / 5
And now, a winner of criminal-creepworthian proportions:
1) Creepy Game Show Host
Creepymeter: 5 / 5 and then some
So stop and ask yourself: What are your children watching when they get home from school? Moreover, how did the individuals responsible make the jump from misguided concepts to TV?
Truth is, real children’s television is stranger than comedic fiction, and these ones are bone fide TV disasters of the creepiest kind.
The Top 5 Creepiest Moments in Children’s Television
5) Slim Goodbody
Creepymeter: 2.5 / 5
4) Somewhat disturbing Kinder Surprise advert from the 80s.
Creepymeter: 3 / 5
3) The Wiggles DVD special: Marionettes
Creepymeter: 3.5 / 5
2) Yogie Okay-Dokay (Yoga farm guy)
Creepymeter: 4 / 5
And now, a winner of criminal-creepworthian proportions:
1) Creepy Game Show Host
Creepymeter: 5 / 5 and then some
So stop and ask yourself: What are your children watching when they get home from school? Moreover, how did the individuals responsible make the jump from misguided concepts to TV?
Apple vs. Google
Apple vs. Google gets personal: 'Steve Jobs simply hates Eric Schmidt' (video)
By Thomas Ricker Mar 16th 2010
http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/apple-vs-google-gets-personal-steve-jobs-simply-hates-eric-sc/
Tim Bray, the architect behind XML, who wrote a blog post yesterday announcing his new role as evangelist to software developers for Google's Android platform. He had this to say about competing with Apple: "The iPhone vision of the mobile Internet's future omits controversy, sex, and freedom, but includes strict limits on who can know what and who can say what. It's a sterile Disney-fied walled garden surrounded by sharp-toothed lawyers. The people who create the apps serve at the landlord's pleasure and fear his anger. I hate it." He then adds, "Apple apparently thinks you can have the benefits of the Internet while at the same time controlling what programs can be run and what parts of the stack can be accessed and what developers can say to each other. I think they're wrong and see this job as a chance to help prove it." [More] - Image: Ghetty
Tim Bray, the architect behind XML, who wrote a blog post yesterday announcing his new role as evangelist to software developers for Google's Android platform. He had this to say about competing with Apple: "The iPhone vision of the mobile Internet's future omits controversy, sex, and freedom, but includes strict limits on who can know what and who can say what. It's a sterile Disney-fied walled garden surrounded by sharp-toothed lawyers. The people who create the apps serve at the landlord's pleasure and fear his anger. I hate it." He then adds, "Apple apparently thinks you can have the benefits of the Internet while at the same time controlling what programs can be run and what parts of the stack can be accessed and what developers can say to each other. I think they're wrong and see this job as a chance to help prove it." [More] - Image: Ghetty
Starion VS BOSS V8 - Crazy engine swaps all the rage in Moree
Ever wanted a Jap-Rod? Sick of the endless debates about which RB/2JZ/V-Tech/13B & BS engine is best? How about an '82 Starion with a Ford GT V8?
The 'BOSS' started life as an American Triton 5.4 SOHC V8, Ford Australia added twin-cam, 4v/cyl heads and trick manifolds with high-revving(ish) internals, and there you have it - a 290kw car with rear wheel drive and no weight. Not to mention quirky looks, rarity, and the opportunity to tell people at parties that the 'Starion' was so named because Chairman Yummymoto couldn't say 'Stallion'.
Thanks Aaron at Diesel Gas Technology & Exhaust (Moree, NSW) for this one.
Mercfix - buy parts online and save.
May 2010 Harvey Norman Morning Dump Secret Revealed
At last, the $820.00 prize in Now FM's "50 Thousand Dollar Morning Dump" thanks to Harvey Norman has been discovered. Congratz Barb the prizedigger! Now she can be my sugar mommy.
Hanging out with Shannon Noll at Vibe Alive 2010
Here are a couple of highlights (read 'me failing professionally in the company of greatness')MP3 - Nollzy gets his 'queue' on
MP3 - Dwayne (former Harlem Globetrotter) saved my backside when I turned up with Vanilla Ice instead of Ice Cube
So what is 'the Vibe? In their own words 'Vibe Alive is a two-day festival for young Australians of all backgrounds who like to dance, sing, paint and play sport. As part of a team, students get the chance to compete in a variety of challenges. They’ll also find out about awesome career choices, meet some celebrities and learn a few important things about their health. Vibe Alive is about celebrating Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures and being a proud Aussie. It’s also the perfect chance to meet some new mates!' Read on after the [jump]
Vibe Alive will be visiting:
Townsville QLD - May 26 and 27, Townsville Showground, Ingham Road, West End REGISTRATION FULL!Port Augusta SA - August 18 and 19Kalgoorlie WA - August 25 and 26Bendigo VIC - September 15 and 16
Townsville QLD - May 26 and 27, Townsville Showground, Ingham Road, West End REGISTRATION FULL!Port Augusta SA - August 18 and 19Kalgoorlie WA - August 25 and 26Bendigo VIC - September 15 and 16
Pic: Vibe Blog / Street Warriors, follow link 4 more.
Cheap Holden runabout 4 sale - Nats shameless personal ad
For my mate (and sponsor) Bretto.
Nice cheap banger: V6 Holden Vectra auto hatch. Plenty of K's, has rego, clean, smells good. Some paint is blistered and faded, has some dents too. Performed well on recent 600km trip. As is, cheap. $2500 or best offer. Call for details (expires Aug 2010) 02 6752 7733
Direct links to images here:
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Joe Biden F-Bomb Audio Cleaned and Analyzed
US Vice President Joe Biden drops the F-Bomb at Obama's Universal Healthcare press conference, new cleaned, analyzed audio:
US PRESIDENT Barack Obama signed his $US940 billion healthcare overhaul into law overnight, accomplishing what Democrats have waited half a century to achieve.
However, the moment was almost ruined by his gaffe-prone Vice-President, Joe Biden.
Mr Biden was overheard whispering “This is a big f***ing deal” to Mr Obama right before the President signed the bill at the White House ceremony.
The President did not have any visible reaction, and went on to deliver his own profanity-free speech.
The Bill expands government health programs and subsidies for millions of Americans to buy private insurance.
It was all-but dead a few months ago after a series of Republican electoral victories, and Mr Obama was forced to off his trip to Australia to fight for its survival.
He managed to win over the doubting members of his own party for the Bill to squeak past the House of Representatives on Sunday.....(more after the jump)
However, the moment was almost ruined by his gaffe-prone Vice-President, Joe Biden.
Mr Biden was overheard whispering “This is a big f***ing deal” to Mr Obama right before the President signed the bill at the White House ceremony.
The President did not have any visible reaction, and went on to deliver his own profanity-free speech.
The Bill expands government health programs and subsidies for millions of Americans to buy private insurance.
It was all-but dead a few months ago after a series of Republican electoral victories, and Mr Obama was forced to off his trip to Australia to fight for its survival.
He managed to win over the doubting members of his own party for the Bill to squeak past the House of Representatives on Sunday.....(more after the jump)
NSW Premier Kristina Keneally Has Lousy Voicemail
Listen for yourself after the jump - MP3
NSW Premier Keneally has been here long enough to have decent office voicemail, but no, that would be to easy. Instead she cleverly humanizes herself with the most basic grammatical curiosity work experience students can provide. We decided to help out, here are your suggestions:
It should be an American voice over because she's a Yank - Rod
Use awesome music to make up for the cr&p job they're doing - anon
It should say "We will call you back" not 'endeavour' to call you back - Peter
Use a train motif like "The message-bank has been delayed..." - Tim
Use the phrase "Your call is important to us" (even though) it pisses me off - anon
We used as many as we could, so here is your *New Improved* Premier voicemail message: http://www.nowfm.com.au/stuff/nats_voicemail_message_4_premier_kristina_keneally.mp3
Tiger SMSs Published - New Scandal
TMZ.com broke the news: Joslyn James has published Tigers SEXMS messages on her new website. They included such favourites as "I want to treat you rough, throw you around, spank you ... and so on. Of course, that's the only one clean enough to write here, the others need to hit the Golden Shower pronto.
We asked you to send us your best 'Tiger Texts', here are your top 5:
Your legs are like a mountain, the higher you climb, the better the view. -Chrisso
Hey Babe, I've always been a swinger, so how about we get together? -anon
Today's word is 'Legs'. Spread the word. -anon
5 more holes and it's a golf course. -anon
Q: What's the difference between Tiger and Santa? Santa stopped after 3 Ho's. -Aaron
...and one more...
Wow!
The Nanny State - FB goes political...again.
Related crud: 1 Hour on Facebook
Related articles: Wiki: The Nanny State, News.com.au: No Beer No Meat Aussies.
Clarkson Headbutts Fanboy
Jeremy Clarkson got more than he bargained for when mingling with the audience of Top Gear Live at Sydney's Acer Arena on Saturday night.
The BBC personality had just completed the usual tour-of-abuse, targeting the fat, ginger or generally Camry-having clientele amongst the VIP seated guests when a drunk fan approached him and refused to return to his seat. The exchange revolved around the man wanting some time with the star, and the possibility of friendship. After some muffled pawing of the microphone and several polite dissuasion's from Jezza, and one member of the audience who cried out "sit down, you're embarrassing my country!" Jeremy resorted to headbutting the man in the chest, as a comical means of reclining him.
The star-struck drunkard did at least 'cop a feel' of the TV millionaires famous pubey and weather-beaten head, an intrusion Jeremy seemed to take in his stride. The man was escorted from the show by security staff, accompanied by applause and laughter form the 7000 strong audience.
Pic 2009 SMH
Valentines Day Winners 2010
Congratulations Rihanon Demster, Tracey McMahon, Linda Allen and Bugsey Draper.
Bugsey Draper won the dozen long stemmed roses thanks to Ali's flower Shop, Goondiwindi!
Linda Allen won the perfume pamper pack from Camstart Pharmacy Narrabri
Tracey McMahon won the "Share the Love" skin care pack from Beauty Matters Moree
and Rihanon Demster won the major prize from Moree Jewellers the Diamond heart Pendant!
Congratulations to all our winners...
Keep listening to the station with more chances to win... NOWFM!
Bugsey Draper won the dozen long stemmed roses thanks to Ali's flower Shop, Goondiwindi!
Linda Allen won the perfume pamper pack from Camstart Pharmacy Narrabri
Tracey McMahon won the "Share the Love" skin care pack from Beauty Matters Moree
and Rihanon Demster won the major prize from Moree Jewellers the Diamond heart Pendant!
Congratulations to all our winners...
Keep listening to the station with more chances to win... NOWFM!
Now FM Summer Daze Winners 2010
The $15,000 2VM/NOW FM Summer Days comp came to a close, with the winners announced earlier this morning in the Main Street of Moree.
- 1st prize, an outdoor entertainers package valued at $7,000 was won by Gwen Grose.
- 2nd prize, a white goods package from Retravision Moree was won by A. Panto.
- 3rd prize, a pair of diamond stud earrings from Freeman's Jewellers was won by Alliarna Brazel.
- 4th prize, a gift voucher from Moree and Amaroo Pharmacies was won by a person named Carrie.
- 5th prize, a gift voucher from Asseffs was won by N. Harris of Bingara.
- 6th prize, a voucher from Moree Toyworld/Fuji Image Plus was won by Susan Wells.
Our participating stores tell us the promotion represents over $2 million spent at Summer Daze stores this year, with more than 40,000 tickets given out. Talk about a sales boost!
All winners will be notified by phone.
Create your own Demotivational Poster
How hard can it be?
First, steal an image from Google. Second, insert related nonsense. Third, publish:
First, steal an image from Google. Second, insert related nonsense. Third, publish:
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